Bannan reckons Wednesday can take heart from their performance against Burnley as they prepare to travel to Birmingham City, who are directly below them in the standings.

The Scotland international, who has been one of the Owls’ stand-out performers this campaign, insisted: “We are still in a good position.

“We got a point against Burnley and that’s not to be laughed at as they are a top, top team. We controlled the game and could have won it on another day. We have not lost at home against which is a positive

“We will go to Birmingham with confidence and hopefully we can get the three points.

Carvalhal, meanwhile, has outlined his reasons for allowing Sergiu Bus to leave on loan. The Romanian striker’s temporary switch to Italian side US Salernitana was finalised on Tuesday. Bus, who has only made three substitute appearances this season, will remain wth Salernitana until the end of the campaign.

The 23-year-old has racked up just 10 Owls appearances, hitting one goal, since arriving for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of £375,000, from CSKA Sofia a year ago.

Carvalhal said: “Sergiu is a good guy and player.

“At his age, he needs to play and he has some wishes to play for the national team at the Euros. To achieve that, he must play.

“I hope he scores a lot of goals and can comeback next season more strong.”